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Tuesday, January 03, 2012

DIY Memory Box

I’m participating in Smarty Pants Mama’s SmartMamaLUTION.

SmartMama-Lution #1 is a do-it-yourself memory box. I loved the box she used but since I couldn't find it I chose a CD storage case. I decided on the storage box because when I went to Target and the only one that I liked was actually the same one my friend was using. I ended up buying mine at Walmart along with 5x7 index cards. I figured the larger cards would give me more space to write and also be able to include various years on one card.

For less than $12 (the box was $2.99, the index cards were $1.88 per pack and the divider tabs were $2.00) and about an hour (sorry but I am a perfectionist) I finished my box.

I have finished filling in all my cards to date and will continue to do so every night just before bedtime.

What do you think? All the tabs are evenly distributed and I also made sure that certain months got specific colors but they are all alternating in the same pattern. I did say I was a perfectionist.

All in all I love how cute and easy it was to create this memory box. I just wish I would have known about this idea before my kids were born... It would have made it easier to remember when they did something specific.